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Household & Consumer Products
Sunscreen

2011 Sunscreen Database Profiles 1,700 Products

Consumers can trust a slim 20 percent of the beach and sport sunscreens assessed for the 2011 sun season, according to Environmental Working Group's survey of over 1,700 sun products.

Toxic Chemicals
Chromium-6
Food & Water
Water

Cities Confirm EWG Tap Water Tests

Testing by four municipal drinking water suppliers has confirmed the results of a study by the Environmental Working Group that detected widespread contamination by chromium-6, a suspected toxic...
BPA

CA House Votes BPA Ban in Kids' Food Wares

Oakland, Ca – The health of California's children was the watchword today in Sacramento as the State Assembly voted 43-31 to ban the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from food and...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
North Carolina

NC Panel OKs Toxic Teflon Chemical in Drinking Water

North Carolinians could be exposed to much higher concentrations of a notorious Teflon chemical than the rest of the country under a proposed state regulation that would allow unsafe levels of the...
Household & Consumer Products
Sunscreen

EWG Asks FDA, NTP to Wind Up Study of Vitamin A In Sunscreen

Washington, DC – Environmental Working Group (EWG) president Ken Cook today urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP) to speed their analysis of a seminal...
BPA

BPA Now in EPA’s Crosshairs

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's commitment to protecting people and the environment from harmful chemicals was on display again yesterday as the agency announced...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

EWG Taps David DeGennaro To Lead Farm Bill Advocacy in Washington DC

David DeGennaro, previously Senior Legislative Assistant to Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI), is joining the Environmental Working Group (EWG) as a legislative and policy analyst in the organization's...
Farming & Agriculture

The Clock is Ticking on Justice for Black Farmers

Since February, the National Black Farmers Association has been rallying support to persuade Congress to distribute the $1.15 billion promised to black farmers in the 1999 Pigford settlement, which...
Farm Subsidies
Food & Water

Sen. Lincoln’s Nutrition Plan Pits Kids Against Clean Water -- Needlessly

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) plans to mark up her Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 on Wednesday, March 24th. The legislation would reauthorize child nutrition...
Cell Phones

Wrong Number: Apple Hangs Up on iPhone Radiation App

An Israeli tech startup called Tawkon has developed a mobile application that estimates the level of radiation emitted from cell phones, which a growing body of research – though not definitive –...
BPA

FDA Reverses Position, Now Supports Removing BPA from Infant Formula

Today's decision by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse its position over the health risks posed by the chemical, bisphenol A (BPA) could be the Waterloo for the ubiquitous...
Flame Retardants

Industry Will Phase Out Toxic Flame Retardant

Late Thursday, three large chemical companies and officials of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a deal to phase out the toxic flame retardant Decabromodiphenyl ether (Deca)...
Cleaning Supplies
Toxic Chemicals

Toxic Cleaner Fumes Could Contaminate California Classrooms

Air pollution testing conducted for the Environmental Working Group (EWG) reveals that cleaning supplies used in 13 key California school districts can cloud classroom air with more than 450 distinct...
Research

EWG's Back-To-School Guide

Buying school supplies is an annual end-of-summer tradition. It's also an opportunity to look for safer products for your children and their classrooms.
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Energy

Trump Rollback of Clean Power Plan Means More Childhood Asthma, Premature Deaths

President Trump's rollback of the Clean Power Plan is not just a foolish failure of leadership on climate change, but another attack on public health that will trigger more asthma attacks among...

Research

PBDEs - Fire Retardants in Dust

In the first nationwide tests for brominated fire retardants in house dust, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found unexpectedly high levels of these neurotoxic chemicals in every home sampled. The average level of brominated fire retardants measured in dust from nine homes was more than 4,600 parts per billion (ppb). A tenth sample, collected in a home where products with fire retardants were
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture

Days After Calif. Farmworkers Sickened by Pesticide Drift, EPA Delays Safety Rule

Last week the Trump administration decided to delay a rule meant to ensure that the most dangerous pesticides are applied safely. This came just days after farmworkers were made sick from exposure to...

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

Nationally Recognized Integrative Health Expert Karen Malkin Joins EWG Board of Directors

Karen Malkin, a leading integrative health coach and lifestyle practitioner, has joined the EWG board of directors, further raising the group's profile as the nation's leading nonprofit research...

Midwest
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG: Trump’s Proposed Cuts to EPA, USDA Are ‘Nothing But Bad News’ For Farmers and Other Rural Americans

President Trump's proposed budget would slash vital programs at the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture that help farmers and rural communities reduce their exposure to farm...

Research

Obstruction of Justice

A new investigation by Environmental Working Group (EWG) and the National Black Farmers' Association (NBFA) finds that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) willfully obstructed justice by deliberately undermining the terms of a 1999 landmark civil rights settlement with African American farmers. As a result, the vast majority of African American farmers have been denied compensation
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: USDA Conservation Program for Sensitive Cropland Wastes Billions of Tax Dollars

A critical flaw in the Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program is not only its failure to provide lasting protection for environmentally sensitive land, but also its wasting of...
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Water

Trump's EPA Proposes Rule That Puts Drinking Water for 117 Million at Risk

The Environmental Protection Agency announced its plans today to repeal the Clean Water Rule, advancing the Trump administration's agenda to give industry and agribusiness free rein to pollute the...

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water
Food & Water

At 6 Months, Trump Lists Regulatory Rollbacks Harmful to Public Health

In his first six months, President Trump's legislative agenda has stalled in Congress. But through regulatory rollbacks, he is waging a slash-and-burn assault on public health and the environment.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Sen. Udall Offers Bill to Ban Pesticide Known to Harm Kids’ Brains

Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., introduced legislation today to ban a highly toxic and widely used pesticide that can harm children's brains and nervous systems, challenging the Trump administration's...